Discover the often overlooked role of Haiti in America's quest for independence. Learn how the colony's financial support and military assistance were vital to America's victory.

The American Revolution was a defining moment in the history of Pennsylvania. Neighbor turned against neighbor amidst a desperate civil war in colonial America. Indigenous societies were uprooted ...

Explore major battles, declarations, and treaties from 1765–1783. Learn how colonists defeated the British Empire.

The French revolutionaries, on the other hand, were trying to destroy French society as they knew it and start over with something else. Bloodshed was in the revolution’s DNA.

The birth of the American Revolution 07:48. Newsreels told the story of World War II, and the early still photography of Matthew Brady chronicled the horrors of the Civil War.

Much about the American Revolution has been forgotten or distorted. The nation’s Founders often are either embalmed in reverence or condemned for their manifest flaws.

Please join us for the fifth symposium in AEI’s “We Hold These Truths: America at 250” initiative as legal scholars and political scientists discuss how the American Revolution both ...

The French Revolution, sparked by rampant inequality, widespread joblessness, and a disdain for the ruling aristocracy, finds its modern counterpart in Kenya’s youthful uprising. In the 18th ...